Waze and phone in AMV8 MY16 AMi II solutions?

Waze and phone in AMV8 MY16 AMi II solutions?

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RL17

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1,231 posts

94 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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I had a complete disaster with iphone 5s 16gig? being overloaded for storage as added a few more songs for the journey to Le Mans. As a result I had no music or waze for first 2 hours (even a separate ipod wasn't playing). Only had limited music when phone unplugged and no waze there or back.

So off to look at new phone options as old one has mostly disabled apps and no photo library now.

So for future trips whats the best option as waze needs phone plugged in and I have a different set of music on old iPod which I dont want to sync as the wonders of apple means I'd have to upload a load of CDs again.

New phone (apple) with enough storage and lightning connector should do Waze and Itunes (by bluetooth) at the same time - shouldn't it. It did work before trip but was a bit temperamental.


HBradley

1,037 posts

182 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Reg,
The option I used with Waze & music:
Put the phone in a holder on the windscreen, connect to a USB power pack & put that in the door pocket. The direction commands will come out of your speakers if you set it as 'Play as phone call in Waze'.
For music use bluetooth & change tracks/volume etc on your steering wheel controls. Not as good quality as a cable connection but at speed you'll be pushed to tell the difference.

NeinFondue

860 posts

157 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Apple announced at their last developer conference that waze will be made available through CarPlay when IOS12 is released later this year, so those with the AMiIII system (? The one with CarPlay) should be sorted for Waze thumbup

JaseB

858 posts

262 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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I use a separate old phone for tunes, got plenty of those kicking about the house...

HBradley

1,037 posts

182 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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NeinFondue said:
Apple announced at their last developer conference that waze will be made available through CarPlay when IOS12 is released later this year, so those with the AMiIII system (? The one with CarPlay) should be sorted for Waze thumbup
Just showing off Marcel!!!

NeinFondue

860 posts

157 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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HBradley said:
Just showing off Marcel!!!
Ha ha ha.. Troll! hehe

Don’t worry Humph, if it does in fact get released with that feature, you could leave your phone in the centre arm rest and keep the beautiful dash in Red 10 uncluttered, and as it should be. tongue out

RL17

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1,231 posts

94 months

Tuesday 10th July 2018
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Worked great this time - iphone charged from USB/12v connector and bluetooth music from same iphone.

Wonderfull route around/near railways and hosing estates near Expo centre to pop out just above main entrance and avoiding queues on way down. Sound only with about 30 to 40 direction changes in 5 minutes for a 4 car convoy smile

[edit - PH forum search function only finds stuff from March 2018 or earlier!!!!!! Seems very hard to relocate more recent posts]

HBradley

1,037 posts

182 months

Tuesday 10th July 2018
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RL17 said:
Worked great this time - iphone charged from USB/12v connector and bluetooth music from same iphone.

Wonderfull route around/near railways and hosing estates near Expo centre to pop out just above main entrance and avoiding queues on way down. Sound only with about 30 to 40 direction changes in 5 minutes for a 4 car convoy smile

[edit - PH forum search function only finds stuff from March 2018 or earlier!!!!!! Seems very hard to relocate more recent posts]
Glad it worked out Reg. You could always go for the AMiII to AMiIII upgrade which has Apple CarPlay & Android Auto (Waze & Google Maps will be available with iOS 12). Though I understand it's shockingly expensive © £3k!

RL17

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1,231 posts

94 months

Tuesday 10th July 2018
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HBradley said:
Glad it worked out Reg. You could always go for the AMiII to AMiIII upgrade which has Apple CarPlay & Android Auto (Waze & Google Maps will be available with iOS 12). Though I understand it's shockingly expensive © £3k!
Thats a lot!

Also had a stuck screen and stuck in Sat Nav in last 5 miles to Calais (use that for visual aid and listen to Waze) was very hot on 4 hour blast back amd car a bit dusty inside too. 20 mins later all fine again